Nonprofit Communications

In my role as Communications Manager for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska, a key facet of my job is interviewing families battling serious illnesses and telling the story of their illness, diagnosis, and treatment. I produce every aspect of family stories for RMHC, including taking and editing photographs. Here are links to a few examples:

Features

"The Race to Save Cuba's Coral Reefs" – Published at Pacific Standard (print and online). This story profiles the scientists who are frantically trying to study Cuba's coral reefs before they succumb to bleaching and climate change.

Editing

In 2016, I guest-edited a story package for Pacific Standard on Conservation in the Age of Climate Change.

My role included finding contributors from across the globe (including Indonesia, New Zealand, Colombia, and China); soliciting and approving pitches for the project; editing the stories in conjunction with the editor-in-chief of Pacific Standard; and finalizing all stories for publication.

The finished package included seven features, four in-depth interviews, and two photoessays. The stories covered topics such as:

Radio Stories

From 2010 to 2012, I was a Science and Health Reporter at KBIA 91.3 in Columbia, Missouri. While there, I produced a weekly news show focused on the energy and the environment called Under the Microscope. A few of my favorite pieces I reported while at KBIA are:

"White Nose Syndrome in Missouri" – This piece examined the unnerving rise of white-nose syndrome, a disease that decimated bat populations across the Eastern half of the United States.

"Missouri's Meth Addiction" – This piece examined the peculiarities of Missouri's meth problems, and how they differ from the problems faced in the rest of the United States

"Ha Ha Tonka Live at KBIA" – This is an interview I conducted with the band Ha Ha Tonka at KBIA in 2011.